Health infrastructure sans care

Who will run all the institutes and labs promised?

Live Updates Budget 2014 - 2015

Farewell to welfare

The budget is a patch work of abandoned schemes revived or existing ones being re-named. This is all for rural development

Are tax incentives enough to promote solar cell manufacturing in India?

China and the US have already built several state of the art manufacturing base for solar PV which can cater to most of the world’s demands

What are smart cities?

Smart city may simply mean a place where a smart phone can run all the errands for you. But the Indian urban challenge is not as digital and way …

Small farmers have little to cheer about

Companies will benefit most from steep hike in farm credit

Railway budget promises clean water, better hygiene and safety

Ministry says it is seeking Cabinet approval to allow foreign direct investment in rail sector

Curative care gets more than preventive care

Prevention is the only way to reduce the cost of healthcare in India

Harsh Vardhan seeks tax of Rs 3.5 per stick on cigarettes, bidis

Earlier increase in tax ineffective in deterring smokers as it focused on length of cigarettes and led to production of shorter length cigarettes,…

Tax hiked on tobacco products for human and fiscal health

Economic cost of diseases caused by tobacco is 12 per cent more than the money spent by Centre and state together on healthcare in India, says a study

Over Rs 2,000 crore to clean up and conserve Ganga

Government sets aside Rs 100 crore to expedite detailed project reports for its controversial river-linking plan.

What to expect from the budget

Narendra Modi's first budget may have many surprises contrary to popular expectations being raised in media. Don't ignore the deficit monsoon and …

Mr Chidambaram, show some courage to win votes

Excise cut for all types of vehicles, especially fuel-guzzling SUVs, undermines earlier UPA decisions in public interest

BJP’s maiden budget disappointing for farmers

Jaitley continues with UPA schemes on agriculture, allocates more funds

Budget biased towards Andhra, fumes Telangana

Country’s newest state gets a horticulture university and a Debt Recovery Tribunal while Andhra gets an IIT, AIIMS, 20 industrial clusters …

Why Rs 200 crore for Patel statue?

Statue of Unity, projected as the world’s tallest structure, has no environment clearance and will displace tribals

Too little in environment ministry's kitty

Reduction in ministry's budget by almost half expected to hit forestry research the most

Money set aside to build institutions, not public health

Preventive and primary healthcare get a miss in the budget 2014

Money set aside to build institutions, not public health

Preventive and primary healthcare get a miss in the budget 2014

Too many centuries may not win the match

Finance minister allocated Rs 100 crore to 28 programmes, but far less sum to schemes catering to the masses

Booster for ailing domestic solar industry

But solar manufacturers say customs, excise duty exemptions not enough to compete with China

Experts hail doubling of cess on 'dirty' coal

Money collected from the cess gets deposited in the National Clean Energy Fund but doubts remain over its usage

Big solar projects favoured over mini grids

Budget gives boost to solar powered agricultural pumps

UPA woos women and tribal voters

Finance minister lists Forest Rights Act as one of its key achievements while MGNREGA doesn't find mention.

On road to sustainability?

Many nice words, some money but no direction for real change